unexpected

Music: Spooner Brown and Robert Altmann | Lyrics: Spooner Brown
Basic Tracks, Drums and Vocals recorded at Spooner Brown Music | Additional Recording, Mixing and Mastering at Old Vineyard Studio by Robert Altmann
Spooner Brown: Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming | Robert Altmann: Guitars, Basses, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, Engineering | Andy Abraham: Additional Guitars on „See Me Walking”
Photography and Graphic-Design: Robert Altmann | Additional Graphic-Design: Andy Abraham
Conceived, written and arranged in the year 2023 | Produced by Spooner Brown

In This City

I arrived at the airport late at night
L.A. wasn´t that much of a show
A contact man that didn´t show up
Destination was unknown to me
So many cabs here, hundreds and more
I didn´t know the one that I should take
Wrong decision in the wrong place
I ended up in Nowhere-Land

In this City
No more helping hand
In this City
No one is your friend
In this City
Fruitless search for luck
In this City
No one gives a fuck

All this people, lucky they were
Nothing to do, but barbecue
Talking ´bout business, the money they make
A slap on the shoulder was more than I can take

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Tired and alone I couldn´t find anyone
No one I can trust

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The Sun Shines

You didn´t realize, it came as a big surprise
The fact, that your life is cheating on you
You didn´t wanna believe, the rumors that you received
They ripped your life apart just like nothing

Oooh, you ´ve got no clue
What tricks life could be playing on you
When you think that the sun always shines for another one

The sun always shines for you
The sun always shines for you
Believe it, then it comes true
The sun always shines

All your life you worked so hard, tried to be a burner from the start
Went the extra miles more than a hundred times, you really got it going
But you were overlooked, no matter what it took
Nobody paid attention to what you´ve carried out

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It drove you wild for sometime
You got mad, committed a crime
Your vile demeanor, are you a fool
Play it cool!

[whistling]

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How I Love My Life

I want to let you know, I can live without you
The loving, the hating, all of that is gone
I saw in your eyes, nothing what you said was true
I did not realize, how far you would push it

Oooh, that´s life
Oooh, that´s life

Should I be a fool for your loving anyway
And do I need to dance to your whistle every day
And when love turned to bitter, we just let it go
I told you to pack your bags, while you took all my money

Ooooh, ooooh, how I love my life
Ooooh, ooooh, how I love my life
Ooooh, ooooh, how I love my life
Ooooh, ooooh, how I love my life, I love my life

No need for cooking, went dining almost every night
And your so-called friends, ridiculous they were
Double income and no kids, I had to walk the dog
I did not like him, he bit me and pissed my leg

Oooh, that´s life! “Nothing more than complaining every day?”
Oooh, that´s life! “You know you can do something about it!”
Oooh, that´s life! “No, it mustn’t be this way!”
Oooh, that´s life! “I know you got a clue!”

Have you heard that one and one is more than two together
Have we heard the single bells, were we in heavy weather
And when love turned to bitter, we just let it go
I tell you now to pack your bags, and go to hell forever!

Rhythm Of Life

When I look in your eyes, I see love
Your body next to mine, I feel love
Together we are one, and make love
United so strong, this is love

The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alive
The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alright

Dance, dance, dance, never stop dancing
´cause the harder it gets it makes you feel alive!

Was it fate or was it by chance, love doesn´t ask why
The right place the right time, love doesn´t figure it out
You right beside me, love is the bond
When time doesn´t count anymore, eternal our love is!

The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alive
The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alright

Dance, dance, dance, never stop dancing
´cause the harder it gets it makes you feel alive!

You can´t stop us dancers from dancing
When we are driven by the power of light
As we unite in the light of love!
The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alive
The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alright
The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alive
The rhythm of life is the rhythm of love
The rhythm of love makes you feel alright

Further Steps Required

Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
We gotta to talk it over, baby!

Heeeee, eeeeiieee ooh, oooh
Heeeee, eeeeiieee ooh, oooh

Further steps required, before we can go on
Further steps required, we cannot take alone

Why are we so lonely, how we got it wrong
Why are we so lonely, and our head keeps spinning round
Why are we so lonely, how we got it wrong
Why are we so lonely, when we shouldn´t be alone

You and me misery, nothing to say every day
You and me misery, caught in a trap, fallin‘ in a gap

Heeeee, eeeeiieee ooh, oooh
Heeeee, eeeeiieee ooh, oooh

Further steps required, before we can go on
Further steps required, we cannot take alone

Why are we so lonely, how we got it wrong, hey, hey, hey
Why are we so lonely, and our head keeps spinning round, hey, hey, hey
Why are we so lonely, how we got it wrong, hey, hey, hey
Why are we so lonely, when we shouldn´t be alone, hey, hey, hey

Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
We gotta to talk it over, baby!

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Laura Lee, Dance Baby Dance

Let’s have a look at Lou, she can take you by storm
She has it all together, mechanics and technique
well trained and so rehearsed, designing all her steps
she´s cool and cold her soul she´s sold, and this is how it goes!

Now dance baby dance, now dance baby dance
Surrounded by a fence, surrounded by a fence
Like a puppet on a string, like a puppet on a string
You do what you´re told to, you do what you´re told to
Now dance baby dance, now dance baby dance
Surrounded by a fence, surrounded by a fence
Like a puppet on a string, like a puppet on a string
You do what you´re told to, you do what you´re told to

What´s up with Laura, you know Laura Lee
She´s a dancing queen, the like you´ve never seen
Keep your eyes on her, she´s beyond compare
Enchanted by higher graces
She´s got it all, ´cause she´s got soul
She lifts it higher, she´s a soul on fire, and this is how it goes!

Now dance baby dance, now dance baby dance
There is no more fence, there is no more fence
Like a human being free, like a human being free
You do what you want to, you do what you want to
Tear apart your strings, and let yourself grow wings
Learn to fly and see what only birds can see
No more barbed wire, no more barbed wire
High up in the sky, high up in the sky
The big picture becomes clear!

Steady Freddie

I had caught too much in the disco, smoking I ran upstairs
Like a fool in the rain, I stood there on the street
Just around the corner through the pouring rain
Came a Brontosaurus, asking for a match

Ooooh, Freddie, walking steady
Ooooh, Freddie, walking steady
Dinosaur Freddie, Freddie watch your step!

Ooooh, Freddie, walking steady
Ooooh, Freddie, walking steady
Dinosaur Freddie, Freddie watch your step!

He asked me if I´m happy, the answer, it was no
The solution I was sure, was to smoke a joe
With him I walked the streets, and passed the dutchie on
We shared our fears and hopes, and the world we knew was gone

Ooooh, Freddie, walking steady
Ooooh, Freddie, walking steady

Ooooh, Freddie!
Be careful where you step, be careful where you step!
Ooooh, Freddie!
Be careful where you step, be careful where you step!
Ooooh, Freddie!
Be careful where you step, be careful where you step!
Ooooh, Freddie!
Be careful where you step, be careful where you step!

Courage Kid

Daddy was a salesman, always on the run
Busy going nowhere, forgot he´s got a son

Mamie´s in the kitchen, chief of the stove
Preparing all for lunch, when kid is coming home

Homework´s done, going to the park
Gonna play some soccer, with the boys of the hood

And then one day, he didn´t score
The crowd, they got angry, they wanted some more
The boys they wanna beat him, but he ran away
He climbed up a tree, where he got the clue
Kid, you showed courage so much!

Growing up, be someone, growing up, be someone
Growing up, be someone, growing up, be someone
Growing up, be someone, growing up, be someone, you don´t know!

It´s ´bout time, not to ignore
The sign of the times, and what they ´re asking for
Check everything, don´t trust no one
Think for yourself, then you will stand tall!

Growing up, be someone, show courage!
Growing up, be someone, show courage!
Growing up, be someone, show courage!
Growing up, be someone, show courage!
Growing up, be someone, show courage!
Growing up, be someone!

Freeway Tuna Eclipse

Are we like fish in the sea, are we like fish in the water
Are we like tuna in cans, a victim of circumstance
Are we the fish in the sea, are we like fish in the water
Are we like tuna in cans, a victim of circumstance

Are we like fish in the sea? Why you´re asking?
Are we like fish in the water? Does it feel like that?
Are we like tuna in cans? What a pity!
A victim of circumstance

Are we like birds in the sky
Do we like flying so high
But, if we´re fallin´ down
So hard will we hit the ground

Are we like fish in the sea, are we like fish in the water
Are we like tuna in cans, a victim of circumstance
Are we the fish in the sea, are we like fish in the water
Are we like tuna in cans, a victim of circumstance

That are we, that are we, that are we, that are we …

Your Latest Trick

Along came Tom, singing a song
Of greed and exploitation
A grin in his face, a big disgrace
A pain in the ass for sure
Making bigger steps than ever
Taking bigger steps than ever

And out of the blue, it was Sue
Who started crying him a river
For too long, she´s seen what went wrong
She couldn´t hold it back no more
But instead to the sea, it all went down the drain
Bitter tears, so full of pain

Watch your step, watch your step
Watch your step, watch your step

Ooh, this was your latest trick, eeyh
Ooh, this was your latest trick, eeyh
Ooh, this was your latest trick, eeyh
A final act, no time to react
You stopped yourself from turning

She didn´t mind, that the whole mankind
Vanished into space
With full restrain, she got rid of the stain
She stopped humiliation
It was a great relief, that´s my belief

Watch your step, watch your step
Watch your step, watch your step

Ooh, this was your latest trick, eeyh
Ooh, this was your latest trick, eeyh
Ooh, this was your latest trick, eeyh
A final act, no time to react
You stopped yourself from turning

See Me Walking

Uno, due, tre, quattro, Ey, canzone! Uuuh!
[Whistling]
I go down to Hawking just to see her sometime
See me walking, see me walking
I go down to Hawking just to see her sometime
See me walking, see me walking

I live in the house up on that hill
It´s so nice and blue
And when I´m hungry, I´m hungry for her
I know what to do

The grocery store, she´s working for
Is my favorite spot
While she´s doin´ her thing, I´m watching her
She makes me ooh so hot

I go down to Hawking just to see her sometime
See me walking, see me walking
I go down to Hawking just to see her sometime
See me walking, see me walking

And in the backyard, we´re having some fun
Doin´ some Boogie-Woogie
Titty Bear and Boobie Bunny
Life can be so fuckin´ funny

I go down to Hawking just to see her sometime
See me walking, see me walking
I go down to Hawking just to see her sometime
See me walking, see me walking

Most people don´t realize, what love is meant to be
With the glimpse of an eye, they just would not see
Give it sometime, and find out for yourself
Life is too short, to put it on a shelf